Definition of 曰く (いわく)

いわ

曰く

いわく

iwaku

noun
1.
pretext, history, past, story
adverbial noun
2.
according to ..., ... says
Related Kanji
say, reason, pretext, history, past, flat sun radical (no. 73)
Example sentences(showing 3 results)

けんじん
賢人
じんせい
人生
しつぼう
失望
れんぞく
連続
Some wise man has said life consists of one disappointment after another

カール・マルクス
いわ
曰く
しゃかい
社会
れき
歴史
かいきゅうとうそ
階級闘争
れき
歴史
Karl Marx says, "The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles.

He-heh... there's a tale behind that, for that place